Learn the essentials of working as a ScrumMaster or Scrum team member in this course. While the Scrum Alliance provides a list of core concepts that must be covered in the class, each instructor creates his or her own material, allowing courses to differ based on the strengths, interests, and experiences of the instructor.

Jens Ostergaard have been a Certified ScrumTrainer since 2004. As an experienced Scrum trainer Jens add his personal flavor of the class, and have certified more than 8000 Scrum people through Scrumalliance.

Jens is a founder of ScrumFoundation and is working with Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber.

DESCRIPTIONFollowing the course, each participant is enrolled as a potential Certified ScrumMaster, which includes a two-year membership in the Scrum Alliance, where additional Certified ScrumMaster-only material and information are available.

PrerequisiteWe expect you to have some prior knowledge about Scrum and we expect you to have read the "Scrum Guide" on www.scrumguides.org prior to class. It would also be beneficial for you if you read one of Ken Schwaber's books.

How To RegisterIndividuals wishing to attend the certification Scrum certification course should register by this site.

Course MaterialParticipants will receive printed and bounded material on the first day of class. The material is in English and will change from Training class to Training class. The material will be enhanced by more slides, videos and other pictures in case the trainer find this useful during class. Being a ScrumMaster demands a lot of skill and can at first sight look like a trivial challenge. However, once starting the journey to transform the organization there will be impediment after impediment that will challenge the implementation of Scrum. So to use Scrum, using "The Art of the Possible", there needs to be skilled ScrumMasters to take on this challenge.

GOALEach individual is trained to be able to assume the following responsibilities:Remove the barriers between development and business (ProductOwner) so the business directly drives development;Teach the business how to maximize ROI and meet their objectives through Scrum;Improve the lives of the development team by facilitating creativity and empowerment;Improve the productivity of the development team in any way possible; and,Improve the engineering practices and tools so each increment of functionality is potentially shippable

TrainingThe training is done with many team exercises. Be prepared to do hard work. The training will give you the feeling of Scrum itself.The first day is dedicated to the Why and the Philosophy, the Meaning of Scrum.The second day hand over the tools and the How of Scrum.Using anecdotes and experience, teaching the Scrum framework, and how to use it to be an effective Agile leader - you will learn to be a great ScrumMaster.

GraduationUpon Graduation As a result of their successful completion of the program, each participant will get an invitation to join Scrumalliance as a certified Scrum Master.

TopicsFundamentals of agile and Scrum, running Scrum projects, planning and scaling Scrum projects, offshore development using Scrum, bidding on fixed price/date contracts, and ensuing the adequacy of engineering practices.

Why AgileOpacity of waterfallEmergenceProcessesPatterns

Overview of ScrumAgile PrinciplesBrief History of ScrumHeart of ScrumScrum OverviewEmergency Procedure

ScalingFrom one team to manyCoordination between teams (Integration Scrum)Multi Product Backlogs or one Product BacklogSprint Planning from one Product Backlog for many Teams

The EndGroup photoDiscussion about of where to go from here

This course will focus on the ScrumMaster, the Product Owner, and the Development Team in a software development organization. However, the course is useful to everyone in a company using Scrum. There is a pattern that says that the more an organization understand Scrum, the better the implementation will be.